It's Been a Long Time Since We've Had Corn Chowder
In late Summer of 1992, my wife and I went to Kevin and Charlotte's house for dinner. One of the food items featured that evening was corn chowder, which neither my wife nor I had ever had before.
It was a joy to our palates, as if there was a party in our mouths and everyone was invited, (the cultured reader will note that the previous sentence was inspired by Moe the bartender from The Simpsons).
While it is customary to ask a host for his or her recipe as sort of an indirect compliment on the food they prepared, we really meant it when we asked Charlotte, and she kindly wrote the recipe down on paper with neat hand-writing.
It wasn't long before my wife and I were reproducing the corn chowder at home, making use of it in versatile ways with other foods. One of our favorite ways of eating the corn chowder was to begin with a plate of Minute rice with butter, pat down neatly, then pour the corn chowder over the rice, just enough that the corn chowder begins to spill over the sides of the neatly pat-down rice.
Corn chowder became a staple dinner item before long, appearing as frequently as once a week.
As time passed, however, newer fancies began to crowd out our trusty corn chowder until it was largely forgotten. Newer and more innovative recipes, including some invented by The Supreme Aglet himself, became vogue. To be seen with corn chowder was so 1990's.
I had all but forgotten about our corn chowder experiences when my wife ran across a Web site with pictures of Kevin and Charlotte, whom we hadn't seen in a long time, (they live in Washington state, where we used to live before we moved, and they never moved, so they're still in Washington, not having moved). The pictures not only brought back wonderful memories of these two exceedingly nice people, but they also invoked the words "corn" and "chowder" (in that order) almost immediately, and I shared as much with my wife.
Nonetheless, the memory of corn chowder hasn't yet been translated into action. My wife is currently on a Trader Joe's binge, and we have yet to use up our supply of creatively packaged Trader Joe's foods before returning to the life-threatening non-organic foods that everyone else eats. I am confident, however, that corn chowder will stage a comeback in our house--the thought is enough to inspire me to carry on, and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
It was a joy to our palates, as if there was a party in our mouths and everyone was invited, (the cultured reader will note that the previous sentence was inspired by Moe the bartender from The Simpsons).
While it is customary to ask a host for his or her recipe as sort of an indirect compliment on the food they prepared, we really meant it when we asked Charlotte, and she kindly wrote the recipe down on paper with neat hand-writing.
It wasn't long before my wife and I were reproducing the corn chowder at home, making use of it in versatile ways with other foods. One of our favorite ways of eating the corn chowder was to begin with a plate of Minute rice with butter, pat down neatly, then pour the corn chowder over the rice, just enough that the corn chowder begins to spill over the sides of the neatly pat-down rice.
Corn chowder became a staple dinner item before long, appearing as frequently as once a week.
As time passed, however, newer fancies began to crowd out our trusty corn chowder until it was largely forgotten. Newer and more innovative recipes, including some invented by The Supreme Aglet himself, became vogue. To be seen with corn chowder was so 1990's.
I had all but forgotten about our corn chowder experiences when my wife ran across a Web site with pictures of Kevin and Charlotte, whom we hadn't seen in a long time, (they live in Washington state, where we used to live before we moved, and they never moved, so they're still in Washington, not having moved). The pictures not only brought back wonderful memories of these two exceedingly nice people, but they also invoked the words "corn" and "chowder" (in that order) almost immediately, and I shared as much with my wife.
Nonetheless, the memory of corn chowder hasn't yet been translated into action. My wife is currently on a Trader Joe's binge, and we have yet to use up our supply of creatively packaged Trader Joe's foods before returning to the life-threatening non-organic foods that everyone else eats. I am confident, however, that corn chowder will stage a comeback in our house--the thought is enough to inspire me to carry on, and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
posted by The Supreme Aglet at 8:44 AM
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